Non-refillable bottle.



No. 7I2,990. Patented Nov. 4, |902".

W. YUILLE. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

on filed Mar. 13, 1902 l (No Model.)

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l artnr VVLLIAM YUILLE, OF MOBlLE, ALABAMA.

NON-REFIVLLABLE BOTTLE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of\ I.etters Patent No. I7,512,990, dated November 4, 1902.

,Application filed March 13, 19.02. Serial No. 98,057. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM YUILLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and I` do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

The invention relates to non-refillable botf. ties-bottles of that class which cannot be refilled and sold to the trade as original packages after their contents have once been decanted without giving notice to the purchaser of the fraud contemplated...Y

The object of the invention is to provide a bottle of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use,comparatively inexpensive of production, and efficient for the purpose for which it is designed.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and-arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical longitudinal sectional 'View of the neck of a bottle or othercontainer, showing the stopper placed therein. Fig.' 2 is asimilar view showing the disk placed in position and confined in place by the molten seal, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the disk.

In the drawings,1 denotes the neck,having a' slot or opening 2 formed partially around the same nearitsupperend,and3denotesanalined internal groove formed on the interior wall of the bottle-neck the remaining portion of its circumference. If desired,asecond groovelluiay be formed 0n the bottle-neck in its outside and opposite the groove 3, thus weakening the neck'at this point. The neck above the slot or opening 2 and the grooves 3 and e has an internal diameter greater than the internal diameter ofl the neck below the opening,v and grooves to permit ofthe readyinsertion- YtheY open end of the bottle and be forced down into the position shown in the drawings, the strain incident to the forcing of this cork to its position being resisted by the solid thick neck portion. After the cork has been inserted the upper end may be trimmed off byinserting a sharp instrument through the opening 2. A disk 5, preferably of asbestos, is now inserted and closes the opening 2 and fits the groove 3. A seal 5b, preferably of molten glass, ispoured into the open neck of the bottle and entirely seals the bottle. In order to prevent this seal when it becomes hardened from being extracted, I form the interior wall of the neck of the bottle above the grooves 3 and 4 with annular grooves 6, into which the molten glass flows, and thus locks said molten glass when it coolso and becomes hard against extraction.- It will be observed that the disk completely covers the upper end of the cork and projects into the groove 3 and closes the opening 2, so that when the molten glass is poured into the open end of the neck there is no liability of its working downA between the sides of the stopper and inner wall of the neck.

When it is desired to remove the contents of the bottle, that portion of the neck above the grooves 3 and 4 is broken off, which may easily be done owing to theweakening of the neck at that point where the grooves 3. and 4 and opening 2 are located," and the rough edges smoothed off at the pointof fracture. The stopper 5 is now removed, and the liquid may be poured from the bottle over the edge of'what was the base-wallof the opening 2.

From' the foregoing description, ytaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of th'e invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction may be made ,within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof. f

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pata ent, is-

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The combination with the neck of a, bottle or other container having a transverse opening and an alined interior groove, the interior Wall Of the bottle above said groove and opening being of greater circumference than that portion below, of a disk inserted into the neck of the bottle and having its periphery projecting into the groove and the Opening aforesaid, and a molten seal let into the neck of the bottle above the disk, substantially as set 1e forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

XVILLIAM YUILLE. 'Vitnesses:

GEO. E. SAGE, J. F. JOHNSTON. 

